Name Grace Gibson | ||
Died July 10, 1989, Potts Point, Sydney, Australia Parents Margaret Escobara Gibson, Calvin Newton Gibson | ||
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Grace Isabel Gibson OAM, (17 June 1905 – 10 July 1989), also known as Grace Atchison and Grace Parr was an American Australian radio pioneer and producer.
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Biography
Gibson was born in El Paso, Texas in 1905 and finished her schooling in California. She was working in radio in America, as a distributor of Radio programs, when recruited by Alfred Bennett, general manager of Sydney radio station 2GB who was visiting the USA. Together they set up American Radio Transcription Agencies (later Artransa Pty Ltd), which sold American recorded radio programs throughout Australia, and Gibson moved to Sydney, Australia in 1934.
Gibson was on a buying trip in the US in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked and as a result she was prevented from returning to Australia for several years.
She later set up her own company, Grace Gibson Radio Productions Pty Ltd, which became one of the biggest producers of Australian radio drama. Gibson was awarded the Order of Australia in 1987 in recognition of her services to radio in Australia.